The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism
The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism

Author: William Robertson Smith

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781230276687

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE VII. THE rSALTER.0) Up to this point we have been occupied with general discussions as to the transmission of the Old Testament among the Jews, and the collection of its books into a sacred canon. In the remaining part of our course we must deal with the origin of individual books; and as it is impossible in six lectures to go over the whole field of the Old Testament literature, I shall confine myself to the discussion of some cardinal problems referring to the three great central masses of the Old Testament, the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms. The present Lecture will deal with the Book of Psalms. The Psalter, as we have it, unquestionably contains Psalms of the Exile and the new Jerusalem. It is also generally admitted to contain Psalms of the period of David, thus embracing within its compass poems extending over a range of some five hundred years. How did such a collection come together? How was it formed, and how were the earlier Psalms preserved up to the date when they were embodied in our present Psalter? In discussing this question, let us begin by looking at the nature and objects of the Psalter. The Book of Psalms is a collection of religious and devotional poetry. It is made up mainly of prayers and songs of praise. But it is not a collection of all the religious poetry of Israel. That is manifest from the circumstance that, of the poems preserved in the historical books, only one is repeated in the Psalter. That one is the 18th Psalm, corresponding to 2 Samuel xxii., and even this exception is perhaps more apparent than real. We are already familiar with the fact that the historical books contain elements introduced at different times from different sources. Now 2 Sam. xxiv. 1 reads as if it had once followed on...

The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism
The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism

Author: Smith William Robertson

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9780526361984

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The Old Testament in the Jewish Church
The Old Testament in the Jewish Church

Author: W. Robertson (William Robertson) Smith

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Published: 2017-05

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9783337033231

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